Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-11-04

, mu of friends, but hove forn aa ~.
- y th o*n experience that God "a arra,aa ~
no sna.,he greatest opportunities Of nsat,,,
n ness mat have been opened befors ' ~, ~
o "ele opened by enemies. And when roa a.e
e no, 5n s; y, conspired against me. frat
wh;ci, :. ail ohlistendom 10 me as field in
ha non 20 preach the Gospel. So Won nav ~,
tarasts s a your antagonists to your best in.
ta,tor ' aiiu compel them to draw Won on to
nosa ;r Molk and higher character. SIM
mast ,D Eau OF waiting until six minutes
WI SET, you transact this glorious wor,1 '" -
forgiveness before meridian, WI n u
again. we ought not to let tho en,, W.
aown on our wrath, because we will slo ~
n I's II we are ut peace with eyervhod,
' .nsonhla Is getting TO be one of The most
prevalent OF disorders. How few nennia
.e.ire NJ ~ o'clock at night and sleen claar
.nh!ou9h 10 i'll the morning, To ral;ova
eh's olsorder NIL narcotics, and scdot;vos
ana Choral, and bromide of notoss;nn'
anu cocaine, and intoxicants are used. Int
no.n.ns Is more important than n oniet
spiiil II we would win somnolcnce. How
~ Il man gong to sleep when he ia in mind
pursuing an enemy? With what nervous
wien lie VIII start out of dream! Tint
u new plan tor cornering his foe will keen
n u, "1ae awake while the clock strikes ii.
so,;,,t; :, .: =. give you an un ailing pre-
; ior Wnkefnlness: spend the even
my hours rehearsing your wrongs and the
best way of avenging them. Hold COW
ventlon OF friends on this subject in venr
pa'lor or office at s or o'clock. Close fila
evening by writing bitter letter, express.
ing your sentiments. Take iron. the desk
or pigeon. hole the papers in the case TO re-
, lresh your mind with your evenings menn-
ness. Then lie down and wait for the
coming of day, and it will come before
/ sleep comes, or your sleep will be IL worried
que scence, and, if you take the precau,ion
10 lie Hat on Your back Il frigh,ful night
mare. ny not put bound to Your ami
mostly? Why let your foes come into the
shnct'tles OF your dorm tory? Why let
those slanderels who have already torn
Your reputation to nieces or injured your
business. bend over your midnight piIlo y
and drive from you one of the greatest
blessings That God can otfer-sweet, re-
ireshing, al invigorating sleep? Why not
renee out your enemies by the golden bars
OF the sunset? Why not stand behind the
barricade of evening cloud and say to
them: Thus far AMI no farther?" Many
q man and many woman is having the
health of body as we'll rs the health of
soul eaten away by malevolent spirit. I
have in time of religious awakening had
persons night after night come into the in
qulry room and get no peace of soul. After
while have bluntly asked her: els there
not some one against whom you have q
hatred that you are not willing to give up?"
After a little confusion she has slightly
whispered, Eyes" Then 1 said to her:
"You will never find peace with God as
long as you retain that virulence."
A how in,
kept him ggpder h;s coz: , sna, th!.SS,a the
.eS was gnaS;;aag mis- vitais, Is submitted
70 1t rather than expose his misdeed.
Many man with smiling face has under
his jacket an animal that is gnawing away
the strength Of his body and the integrity
of his soul. Better get rid of that hidden
fox as soon as possible. There are hun-
dreds of domestic circles where that which
most is needed is the spirit of forgiveness.
Brothers apart, and sisters apart, and par
ents and children apart. Solomon says q
brother offended is harder to be won than
a strong city. Are there notenoueh sacred
of your childhood to bring YOU
together? The rabbins recount how that
son had such spite
against his father that after he was dead
he had his father burned to ashes, and then
put the ashes into four sacks, and tied
them to four eagles necks which flew away
in opposite directions. And there are now
domestic antipathies which seem forever
10 have scattered all parental memories to
The four winds of Heaven. How far the
eagles fly with sacred ashes! The hour of
shutdown makes to that family no practical
Thomas Carlyle, in his
biography of Frederick the Great, says the
I'D King was told by his confessor he must
% OF peace with his enemies if he wanted
% enter Heaven. Then he said 10 his
wife, the Queen: "Write to your brother
after am dead that forgive him." Roloff,
he confessor, said: "Her majesty had
better write him Immediately" "No," said
he King, "after am dead that will be
safer" So he let the sun of his earthly
existence go down upon his wrath.
Again: We ought not TO allow the sun
set before forgiveness takes place, because
We might not live to see another day. And
what if we should be ushered into the
our soul? The majority of people depart
this life in the night. Between II o'clock
p. m. and 3 o'clock a. m. there is some
thing in the atmosphere which relaxes the
grip which the body has on the soul, and
most of the people enter the next world
through the shadows of this world. Per-
haps God may have arranged it in that way
SO as to make the contrast the more
glorious. l have seen sunshiny days in
this world that must have been almost like
the radiance of Heaven. But as most peo-
Pile leave the earth between shutdown and
sunrise, they quit this world at its darkest,
and Heaven, always bright, will be the
brighter for that contrast. Out of black
ness into irradiation. Shall we then leap
over the roseate bank of sunset into the
favorite hunting ground of disease and
death, carrying our animosities with US?
Who would want to confront his God,
against whom we have all done meaner
things than anybody has ever done against
US, carrying old grudges? How can we
expect his forgiveness for the greater when
we are not willing to forgive others the
less? Napoleon was encouraged to UNDER
take the crossing of the Alps because
Charlemagne had previously crossed them.
And all this rugged path of forgiveness
bears the bleeding footsteps of Him who
through suffering, and We ought
to be willing to follow. On the night of
our departure from this life into the next,
our one plea will have to be offered in the
presence of Him who has said: IF you
forgive not men their trespasses neither
will your Heavenly Father forgive your
trespasses." What sorry plight if we
stand there hating this one, and hating
that one, and wishing this one damage,
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